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[[Desecularization]] is the process by which [[religion]] reasserts its societal influence though religious values, institutions, sectors of society and symbols in reaction to previous and/or co-occurring [[secularization]] processes.<ref>''Religion and the State in Russia and China: Suppression, Survival and Revival'' by Christopher Marsh, 2011, page 11 (Christopher Marsh cites the definitions of desecularization given by Peter L. Berger and Vyacheslav Karpov)</ref>

[[Desecularization]] is the process by which [[religion]] reasserts its societal influence though religious values, institutions, sectors of society and symbols in reaction to previous and/or co-occurring [[secularization]] processes.<ref>''Religion and the State in Russia and China: Suppression, Survival and Revival'' by Christopher Marsh, 2011, page 11 (Christopher Marsh cites the definitions of desecularization given by Peter L. Berger and Vyacheslav Karpov)</ref>

[[East Asia]], which ahas a large secular population, is headed for a big population decline.<ref>[https://www.wya.net/op-ed/asias-rapidly-declining-population-growth-implications-for-the-region/ Asia’s Rapidly Declining Population Growth: Implications for the Region'], World Youth Alliance</ref> See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]

[[East Asia]], which has a large secular population, is headed for a big population decline.<ref>[https://www.wya.net/op-ed/asias-rapidly-declining-population-growth-implications-for-the-region/ Asia’s Rapidly Declining Population Growth: Implications for the Region'], World Youth Alliance</ref> See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]

Due to the below replacement level of fertility among atheists/nonreligious (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]), [[China]] is facing a demographic crisis and a shrinking population (see: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTbILK0fxDY Demography — China's Reckoning]).

Due to the below replacement level of fertility among atheists/nonreligious (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]), [[China]] is facing a demographic crisis and a shrinking population (see: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTbILK0fxDY Demography — China's Reckoning]). The historian [[Niall Ferguson]] indicates that [[China]]'s population is projected to drop by 50-75% by the end of the century.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2vqnpXWM0Y&t=601s Niall Ferguson on the projected drop of China's population in the 21st century]</ref>

As can be seen below, East Asia will play a leading role in global desecularization in the 21st century.  

As can be seen below, East Asia will play a leading role in global desecularization in the 21st century.